The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-08-25

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The Observing man will notice the
means which nature has provided for
the scattering of .seed 7 and he will
find that the most %pernicious seem to
have been especially furnished with
contrivances to facilitate their disper-
sion. The burdock, beggar lice and
others have barbs rlhooks by which
they adhere to clothing and the coats
of animals, and are widelydistributed,
even in the forest byathis agency All
the thistle family and many others
have a tuft of fine silky hair attached
to the seed, by which they are buoyed
upon the air and carried from placeto
place and are generally deposited in
protected localities by the waves of
the atmosphere, to the leaward of
fences and other objects. So numer-
Gus are the ways by which seed are
dispersed, that, however careful a
farmer may be upon his own premises,
sloven and neglectful neighber may
cause 81 HIM infinite annoyance Jnby
furnishing his lands an abundant
supply. In some countries a farmer
may sue his 'neighbor' for negAecting
to destroysthe noxious weeds uponhis
lands; orohe may employ it done at
the delinquent's expense. Weeds that
have been cutfor pulled after they
have ~bloomeds should not be thrown
in the barn lot or manure heap, unless
you wish to have the work to do over
again with their progeny, Is the seeds
will be thoroughly distributed in the
manuring of the land. The better
policy would be to burn them, or de
stroy them before they bloom. In
weeds, as we'll as in the government
Of children, evil should be nipped in
the bud. In this respect the farmer
should act in the spirit of the western
savage who kill the women and chill
dren, of their enemies as a sure way of
preventing the multiplication Of war
riors. - tt.tIf las .vt
ID One of the most troublesome classes
of faith is that which seed at root and
top as the garlic, dock, &c. Here not
only has the propagation by seeds to
be prevented, but a subterranean and
hidden enemy has to be 'combatted.
It is very important that the farmer
should understand the way in which
these plants grow, that he may know
how to direct his efforts to- subdue
them. .a
IS Perennial weeds are easily destroyed
during the stages of their existence !;
but later in the a they form strong
roots in the ground, which have great
tenacity OF life, and which have in
them an accumulation of nourishment
which enable them to throw up several
successive crops of heritage. Flowing
such weed generally aggravate the
trouble, for unless every fragment be
removed from the ground-a thing
very difficult Z to. accomplished
piece that is left makes alseparate
plant. In the case of weeds Of this
description, the necessity of early
.eradicating them is apparent, for if
once well established and an under
ground provision depot formed, the
husbandman and the plant are placed
in the condition of besieging and
besieged forests long as the pro-
vision holds out the latter can main
tain its ground. The tiller' will do
well to keep in mind two rules. DO
not let aoeeds bloom, and do not let them
breathe, for the leaves may be consid-
cred the lungs of the plant and with
out the aid Of these it cannot long
itself. sa&f1aa s9s5 TaG
Il don't require an unusual amount
Of gumption for a person to know,
that to have good and wholesome
bread, his grain must be clean of
filth a thing we all most heartily de-
sire. To accomplish it, like repelling
an armed foe, requires the united effort
of all concerned. It could be done in
a comparatively short time, If all who
cultivate farms would m~anfully unite
in the effort. Five or ten years of
persistent effort of all hands would
obliterate it from any section. It can
only be partially done as long as part
neglect it. Filth is spread in such a
multiplicity Of ways, that if a few
clean their fields it wiz gradually find
its way back in some of the ways al
ready noticed. "A compulsory law
would compel each person to
CLEAN his lands of these obnoxious
cumberers, would be a wholesome one,
and as just as to slaughter a drover's
cattle infected with pleuro-pneumonia,